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Beschreibung

Warm, wise and full of practical tips, this book is the ideal guide to every writing life

'Wonderful tough love, direct, and very funny advice on how to be the writer you want to be' Ann Patchett

'For anyone who
wants to write a novel, or for anyone who loves reading novels... A Long Game is a joy' Sunday Times

Write every day
Show, don't tell
Write what you know
Kill Your Darlings

These are some of the most popular nuggets of advice given to writers, universally agreed to be true. They are all pieces of writing advice that Elizabeth McCracken expertly and persuasively shoots down in A Long Game.

McCracken has been writing for most of her life. Here, she shares insights gleaned along the way, deconstructing received wisdom whilst playfully tackling the mysteries that are inherent to writing and creativity.

A book about the life of an artist and a guide to fiction, A Long Game is a revelatory and indispensable resource and will lead all writers, at any stage of their career, back to the page.

'A cheering companion that makes writing a less lonely business' Yiyun Li


'Elizabeth McCracken is one of America's finest writers' Garth Greenwell

'An irreverent, thought-provoking and ultimately inspiring book about making art' Rumaan Alam


'I would encourage every writer to read it' Rebecca Ivory

Warm, wise and full of practical tips, this book is the ideal guide to every writing life

'Wonderful tough love, direct, and very funny advice on how to be the writer you want to be' Ann Patchett

'For anyone who
wants to write a novel, or for anyone who loves reading novels... A Long Game is a joy' Sunday Times

Write every day
Show, don't tell
Write what you know
Kill Your Darlings

These are some of the most popular nuggets of advice given to writers, universally agreed to be true. They are all pieces of writing advice that Elizabeth McCracken expertly and persuasively shoots down in A Long Game.

McCracken has been writing for most of her life. Here, she shares insights gleaned along the way, deconstructing received wisdom whilst playfully tackling the mysteries that are inherent to writing and creativity.

A book about the life of an artist and a guide to fiction, A Long Game is a revelatory and indispensable resource and will lead all writers, at any stage of their career, back to the page.

'A cheering companion that makes writing a less lonely business' Yiyun Li


'Elizabeth McCracken is one of America's finest writers' Garth Greenwell

'An irreverent, thought-provoking and ultimately inspiring book about making art' Rumaan Alam


'I would encourage every writer to read it' Rebecca Ivory

Über den Autor
Elizabeth McCracken is the award-winning author of eight books including The Giant's House (a National Book Award finalist), Thunderstruck & Other Stories (winner of the 2014 Story Prize and longlisted for the National Book Award), and The Hero of This Book (winner of the Wingate Prize). She has received grants and fellow­ships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and she was chosen as one of Granta's twenty best American writers under forty. She has served on the faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and taught at the University of Texas at Austin.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Gattungen & Methoden, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781787336025
ISBN-10: 1787336026
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mccracken, Elizabeth
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Jonathan Cape
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 200 x 134 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Elizabeth Mccracken
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2026
Gewicht: 0,278 kg
Artikel-ID: 134386160

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